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MY FAVORITE TWEET OF THE DAY

DO NOT put dogs in tights pic.twitter.com/S7K9fYr2LL
— Funny Tweets™ (@Lmao) November 20, 2013

Wind chill digits will stay in the single numbers today and into tomorrow morning.  If you think I'm going outside today your nuts.

The wind chill at 5:00 A.M. was 2 BELOW

In Worland at 5:00 A.M. it was 2 below with a wind chills of 11 below.  That almost makes me happy I'm in La Crosse.

It's no surprise that we'll have a cold weekend.  That's to be expected in Wisconsin in late November.

On the other hand, when you're looking for a high of only 39 in Austin, Texas today that's pretty unusual.  Donnie and Linda will be wearing the heavy jackets today.

Hey!  Those Wyoming cowboys are alright!  Ranchers from Wyoming have already shipped more than 20 cattle to South Dakota and more are on the way to help make up for all the cattle that were lost during the October blizzard in western South Dakota.

A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when this absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big open mouthed kiss, then says she'll see him later and walks away.

 

The wife glares at her husband and says, "Who the hell was that?"
Y"Oh," replies the husband, "she's my mistress."

"Well, that's the last straw," says the wife. "I've had enough, I want a divorce!"

"I can understand that," replies her husband, "but remember, if we get a divorce it will mean no more shopping trips to Paris, no more wintering in Barbados, no more summers in Tuscany, no more Infiniti or Lexus in the garage and no more yacht club.

 

But the decision is yours."

Just then, a mutual friend enters the restaurant with a gorgeous babe on his arm.

"Who's that woman with Jim?" asks the wife.

"That's his mistress," says her husband.

"Ours is prettier than his," she replies.



The holidays are coming up to full speed in La Crosse.  Those sad looking little wreaths are hung on the lamp posts, the Christmas lights will be turned on in Riverside Park this coming week and it's holiday fair time at the La Crosse Center this weekend.  Hours are 9 to 5 today and 10 to 3 tomorrow.

 

 

 

Talk about CRAZY weather:

  



It might be 49 degrees in Boston early this morning, but it's much colder in Amarillo, Texas where it is only 24.
— AccuWeather.com (@breakingweather) November 23, 2013

The worlds first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royale Saloon on November 23, 1889.

I've now reached the zenith of old age.  I have more hair in my ears than I have on my head.

YESTERDAY'S POSTS

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

--John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (1917-1963)

What a difference a year makes! Last year on this date a record high of 64F in La Crosse. Today we wake up to close to 1" of snow. #wiwx
— Bill Graul (@news8bill) November 22, 2013

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According to this, now that I've retired, except for shredding the toilet paper, my life and a cats life is just about the same.

 

 

 

Where were you 50 years ago today?

 

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

 



 

Looked out the window, when I got up this morning and, sure enough, the ground is covered with snow.

 

   

Did you ever hear of TURDUCKEN?  That sure was a new one on me.  It doesn't sound all that good to me but here it is.

 

    An Australian study has found that kids aren't as physically fit today as they were 50 years ago.  They sure didn't have to spend a bunch of money to find that out. Anyone over 50 could tell you that was true.

I loved the line a frequent flyer gave when asked what he thought of the FCC considering lifting the ban on people using cell phones on airplanes.  He said, "The only way I'd be in favor of this is if the FCC mandated that all those who want to use their cell phones must sit next to family's with screaming kids."

Only in Texas is right.  Look at the temperature range in Texas yesterday.

92 in Brownsville and 24 in Amarillo.

Only in Texas! Heat index of 92 in Brownsville, wind chill of 24 in Amarillo. #bluenorther pic.twitter.com/IV5iNp3qzu
— Travis Herzog (@HerzogWeather) November 21, 2013

YESTERDAYS POSTS

I love this picture and the world needs a lot more people like this firefighter.

A firefighter gives a Koala water from his own drink bottle during the 2009 Australian Bush fires... pic.twitter.com/WXe1vSt5oh
— Daniel Goddard (@DanielGoddard) November 21, 2013

This will be a busy week for the folks who are getting ready for the annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the La Crosse Center.  The doors will open at 10:00 A.M.  There's a Thanksgiving worship service at 10:30 A.M. and they'll serve dinner from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.  For more information YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE

Mother Nature's set to get us into the holiday mood with a bit of snow tonight.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:


 LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE SNOW COULD LEAD TO SLIPPERY STRETCHES ON AREA ROADS.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND COULD LEAD TO A
SLIPPERY MORNING COMMUTE.

It's super cold out west this morning.  At 6:00 AM (MST) Rapid City was at 12 degrees and Worland at 13.

 

NAP NAP TIME

 

 Wow!  Did you see that struggling J. C. Penny's will kick off the holiday season selling pants for $1.97.  They're not kidding around as they fight for their very survival.  They'll even be open on Thanksgiving Day.  I always loved shopping at Penny's.  I hope they can turn it around.

 

 

I'm not supposed to have it but I may have to take a sip of some Pearl Street Beer.  It's now being sold in three Minnesota counties and in Madison and they're hoping to expand to the Twin Cities.  It must be good!

 

 

 A caring husband sees that his wife is busy in the kitchen and offers to help.

He: “My dear, what can I do to help you?”

She: “Take this bag of potatoes, peel half of them, and put them in the big pot to cook.”

I'm not too bright.  I, actually, had to look at the picture a couple of seconds before I got it.

TODAY IS:

 

 

 

Could this be right?  A coyote running around, free, in Chicago???

"Just for info, citizen reporting a coyote 4159 N. Melvina" #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Chicago Scanner (@Chicago_Scanner) November 21, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I love graffiti.........

 

 

Happy Birthday to Goldie Hawn.  She's 68 today.



 

 

 

 

Like the song goes, "Everything's up to date in Kansas City" and I think this time they've gone about as far as you can go.  They're set to open a 17 story water slide.  Not a 17 foot slide.  This is a 17 story waterslide and anyone who wants to, actually, climb up and slide down is totally nuts as far as I'm concerned. CLICK HERE TO READ ALL ABOUT IT

The International Space Station is celebrating its 15th anniversary and NASA has put together a beautiful video showing the highlights of this amazing journey.

 

YESTERDAY'S POSTS

The latest La Crosse forecast says up to an inch of snow tomorrow night.

Old Man Winter is about ready to make his entrance.  Worland could get an inch or two of snow tonight and then tomorrow's high will only be around 25.

Rapid City won't get much warmer than 20 tomorrow.

And, of course, this first blast of really cold air will get here just in time for the weekend.  Here, in La Crosse, our Saturday high will be around 22  and Sunday might reach 25.


Today is SNOWPLOW DRIVER

APPRECIATION DAY in Wisconsin.  Can you imagine what winter would be like without these folks?

WHEN YOU GOTTA GO.....

 

HERE' A NEAT TRICK!

 

In Hollywood they're planning on making a sequel to "It's a Wonderful Life".  Sounds like another very bad idea from Tinsel Town. 

 

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT A CRANBERRY DIP FOR THANKSGIVING

 

AccuWeather says bitter cold arctic air is heading our way for the weekend.  We're talking about the coldest weather, so far, this season.  By Saturday wind chills of 0 to 10 degrees will be possible. 

 

 

I'm not lazy, I'm just extremely motivated to do nothing.
— Sarcasm (@WorIdComedy) November 18, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DICKIE SMOTHERS
73 TODAY

 

A few days ago, I mentioned that Rita had a bread making machine at one time.  She made a loaf of bread while I was there and then I never heard of the bread making machine again.

 

Today she sent an email with "the rest of the story".

 

 

Yes, I had a bread maker - and I made bread in it. One day, years ago, I invited some friends for dinner and we were sitting on the porch visiting while the bread maker was making bread. All of the sudden one of our guests said he smelled something burning. I went into the kitchen and saw smoke pouring out of the bread maker. I yelled and Roger came in and opened the machine, only to find flames flying out of it. He closed it, carried it outside, and put the fire out..

Being the consumer I am, I wrote to the company (a prominent bread making company) and told them about it, suggesting they not tell people they can leave it running when no one is home. They wrote me a letter apologizing. They wanted to see the burned out machine and we sent it to them. They sent us a new bread maker. It never worked correctly. I threw it out and gave up. No more bread makers for me.


The National Weather Service says a 90% chance for rain today.  Guess I'll stay home.

 

YESTERDAYS POSTS

Wild Bill Hickok's pistol is going on the auction block in San Francisco. (READ THE STORY HERE) I sure would like to see someone from Deadwood bid on it.  That's where it belongs.  I hope Kevin Costner knows about this!

Happy Birthday to Alan Young.  He's celebrating his 93rd birthday today.

ATTENTION: ELVIS FANS! There's something new to see at the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota.  It's the Martin D-35 guitar that Elvis used for his last tour in 1977.  The museum acquired the guitar from an anonymous donor.

 

While we're on my favorite subject of rock music, I just read that Cliff Richard has released his 100th album and will celebrate his 73rd birthday next month.

 

 

Only Elvis has sold more singles, world wide, than Cliff Richard.  He's not so well known, in the U.S.A., as a lot of the other British rock stars but he's sold more singles than any of the others.

 

His career spans 55 years and, world wide, he has sold 250 million records.

 

One of his biggest hits, here in the USA, was "Devil Woman"

 

 





 Cold start this morning.  It was 23 when I got up at 3:00 A.M.  Not to worry.  The sun will warm us up to near 50 this afternoon.

We missed the bad storms that hit southern Wisconsin yesterday.  I hope the cousins didn't have any damage.  Looking at radar, it looked like Janesville was getting some heavy weather for a time.

It's sure is a beautiful day in La Crosse.  Finally some sun after all of those gloomy days.

 

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 Did you see this story about the new Bridgestone airless tires?  No air.  No flats.  CLICK HERE TO READ ALL ABOUT IT  That could save you some big bucks.

 If you're watching the stock market.....
 

Best Buy, Home Depot, Salesforce are stocks to watch http://t.co/T26YS4PveR
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) November 19, 2013

We're averaging around 346 hits, per day, on this blog and I thank every one of you.

I like this picture.

 

Awwwww #tuscany :-) #italy #insightitaly #travel pic.twitter.com/eZIDbLIDrX
— JD Andrews (@earthXplorer) November 19, 2013

Here's something you won't see every day.  It's called a "Roll Cloud" and such a thing actually exists.

 You can find out more about it on this National Geographic webpage.

 

 

YESTERDAYS POSTS

The Texas Militia.

A town in Norway has to depend on mirrors for sunlight during the winter months.  CHECK OUT THIS INTERESTING ARTICLE HERE

#JobSearch Help Desk Analyst - Kwik Trip, Inc. - La Crosse, WI Find this Job & More http://t.co/OjVpsC6IRd
— La Crosse Wisconsin (@LaCrosse_Buzz) November 18, 2013

Today is National vichyssoise day but I'm not celebrating.  I'm not about to eat anything that I can't spell.

AMAZON DEFORESTATION IS UP 28% IN THE PAST YEAR

I was going to go to Festival this morning but the weather changed my mind. With temperatures in the upper 30's and wind gusts to 30 MPH, this sounds like a better day to stay inside and wash clothes.  Tomorrow we'll be back in the upper 40's with a calmer wind.  That's much better outside weather.

Thanksgiving should have more cheese! RT if you agree! http://t.co/l0n5JKUwAr
— Wisconsinmade (@Wisconsinmade) November 16, 2013

I wonder if Rita and Roger remember they bought their Toyota Van three years ago today.

THIS IS NATIONAL BOOK AWARENESS WEEK

 Have you seen these razor commercials.  They are so much fun I have to share it.

 



 Don't let your wife catch you sending this one around

 

It looks like a few people have come around to my way of thinking.  A National survey, taken by the government, now shows that 3 out of every 4 people asked, would be open to taking public transportation rather than driving to work.

 

 
I tweeted that I wasn't all that happy with WINDOWS 8 and Windows was listening.

@FDTerp Anything we can do to help change your mind? :)
— Windows (@Windows) November 17, 2013

Just knowing a company is interested enough to offer help is a good feeling.  There aren't a lot of companies like that left.

 

I sent the tweet in a moment of frustration and that's not a good thing to do.

 

It's not that windows 8 is bad.  It isn't.  In fact most of it I like but it's taking a while to get used to it.

 

I would have to go along with a lot of other folks who have commented that the tile window is neat to look at but more a gimmick than a help in finding a particular favorite.

 

The tiles seem to float around and, most of the time, I have to scan through all of the tiles to find the one I'm looking for.  It would be a great help if they would arrange themselves in alphabetical order rather than just appearing somewhere in the maze.

 

Give me a little more time.  I'll figure it out.

November 18, 1978
More than 900 people died
in the Jonestown mass suicide..